COMMERCIALIZATION CONNECT
SEPTEMBER 2019
UK Invention Gets Accepted to THE BRAIN RACE
OTC has helped a technology from the University of Kentucky become selected as part of  THE BRAIN RACE , a global competition to advance innovation in fighting brain tumors. The competition was started by the  Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI)  in partnership with  The Brain Tumor Charity  and the  Silicon Valley Community Foundation . THE BRAIN RACE gives inventors the opportunity to submit inventions that have the potential to improve the quality of life for brain tumor patients.
UK Women Innovators Network (UKWIN) Conference
UK and Lexington community members are invited to join us for our second annual UKWIN Conference on Tuesday, October 8, 2:00 p .m. - 6:00 p.m. in the Gatton Student Center. Join us to learn from and celebrate amazing women innovators and entrepreneurs.

Angelique Johnson, CEO and Founder, MEMStim, LLC
Pang Hartman, Vice President, Creative Director & Lead Designer, FrogDice
Meghan Marsac, Program Lead, Cellie Coping Kit for Children
OTC STAFF UPDATES
New Staff: Laura Russell Halligan

Laura Halligan is the operations coordinator for OTC's New Ventures Team. Prior to coming to UK, Laura spent three years at the MIT Innovation Initiative.
N ew Staff: Jessica Davis

Jessica Davis is the data support specialist for OTC's Intellectual Property Development Team. Prior to working in OTC, Jessica worked in UK's Student Account Services as an office assistant.
Ian McClure, executive director, presented at the 36/86 Entrepreneur Festival in Nashville during August. He was part of a panel that covered commercialization, market analysis, customer discovery, SBIR, proof of concept, and the need to have more women and persons from underrepresented communities run startups
OTC ON THE MOVE
Taunya Phillips, senior associate director of New Ventures & Alliances, and Eric Hartman, associate director of New Ventures, presented to UK Engineering professor Bruce Walcott's class about OTC's services and programs, and the many pathways that can be followed with a degree in engineering.
A presentation on the Executives-on-Roster (XOR) program was done at the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) Conference in Columbus by Mariam Gorjian.
NEW VENTURES CORNER
In May, we announced our first match from the Executives-on-Roster (XOR) program. Recently, the founder of Smart Rotation took to LinkedIn to show her excitement in conducting a trade show with her XOR Match, Michelle Klumb. We are excited to demonstrate why XOR can be powerful for our startups.  
"...after jumping on a quick video call, I knew she was the right person for Smart Rotation. We clicked instantly and her experience has been so invaluable to us. In the short time Michele has been with the company, we've grown so much and introduced better processes in our customer-focused company. I'm excited to see where we go from here!"

Madison Hartung
Founder, Smart Rotation
XOR
We are excited to announce that Epionc is the second startup to go live with a website where the design and development was managed by the New Ventures Team. Congratulations Epionc!
REFINERY VENTURES INVESTMENT COMPETITION

Refinery Ventures is hosting their second annual venture capital investment competition on Friday, November 8, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The competition helps educate and support Midwest talent in venture capital and startup/business evaluation.

OTC will be selecting one team of up to five students to participate. If you are interested in participating, please contact the New Ventures Team at otcinfo@uky.edu by October 4 with the following information: 1) Name, 2) Classification, 3) Major, and 4) why you would like to be a part of a team. The New Ventures Team will review and pick a team from submissions received by October 4.
BY THE NUMBERS
August 2019
UK IP LICENSING DEALS

Avast Therapeutics, Inc (2)
Luke Bradley, Don Gash, Greg Gerhardt

Enepret, Inc.
Joseph Chappell, David S. Watt, Timothy P. Devarenne, Scott Kinison, Thomas D. Niehaus, Shigeru Okada, Shuiqin Wu

Kerafast, Inc.
Louis B. Hersh

Pusan National University College of Nursing
Nora Warshawsky

Spherix Incorporated
Chang-Guo Zhan, Kyung-Bo Kim, Vinod Kasam, Wooin Lee, Dong-Eun Kim, Zach Miller, Do-Min Lee, Na-Re Lee

Wild Dog Physics, LLC
Janelle Molloy
BY THE NUMBERS
August 2019
ISSUED PATENTS

Hui Li (College of Medicine), Peixuan Guo (formerly College of Pharmacy)

Lily Gavilano (formerly CAFE)

Douglas Robert Strachan (College of Arts & Sciences), Abhishek Sundararajan (College of Arts & Sciences), Mathias Joseph Boland (College of Arts and Sciences)
EVENTS OF INTEREST
Every Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.
DV8 Kitchen
867 S Broadway #140, Lexington, KY
No RSVP necessary

October 14-15
UK Gatton Student Center, Ballroom 212
160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY
Thursday, September 26, 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
LBX Customer Experience Center
Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY


Wednesday, October 16
UK Gatton Student Center160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, KY
Wednesday, October 30, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Room 307, Woodward Hall, Gatton Business & Economics
550 South Limestone, Lexington, KY
No RSVP necessary
We are partnering with University of Louisville, Louisville Entrepreneurship Acceleration Partnership (LEAP), Louisville Healthcare CEO Council, and Commonwealth Commercialization Center (C3) on the Founder Hunt. Founder Hunt is a startup pitch event pairing incredible healthcare research with entrepreneurs.

The goal is to connect research-backed technologies with startup founders who want to build a company around them.
FY 2020 STATISTICS YEAR-TO-DATE
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